{"id":881,"date":"2021-07-08T01:24:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T01:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881"},"modified":"2021-07-08T01:24:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T01:24:20","slug":"local-news-headlines-july-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881","title":{"rendered":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Officer killed in Terre Haute<br><\/strong>Terre Haute Police Detective Greg Ferency, a 30-year department veteran was shot and killed yesterday afternoon around 2pm. The incident occurred in Terre Haute outside of a federal office building behind the Vigo County Courthouse, Detective Ferency had been assigned as a liaison, working in collaboration with the FBI. Although a suspect is in custody, very little else is currently being released regarding the shooting. The FBI has been assigned jurisdiction in the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bloomington Board and Commission Vacancies<br><\/strong>Vacancies exist on the City of Bloomington boards and commissions listed below. Area residents will find information on each vacancy at the link provided and are encourage to apply through the City&#8217; Onboard platform at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/applicants\/apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/applicants\/apply<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bloomington Arts Commission:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDBG Funding Citizens Advisory Committee:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=51<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commission on Aging:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=36<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commission on Sustainability:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=29<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commission on the Status of Children &amp; Youth:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=38<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environmental Commission:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=14<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historic Preservation Commission:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=35<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing Authority Board:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=17<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing Quality Appeals Board:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=16<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parking Commission:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=56<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tree Commission:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bloomington.in.gov\/onboard\/committees\/info?committee_id=32<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gus Grissom Weekend at Spring Mill State Park July 17-18<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><br>Spring Mill State Park is celebrating Gus Grissom Weekend on Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18 with a host of memorial events honoring the astronaut, who was the second American to fly in space and was born and raised in Mitchell, Indiana. Space-related activities for children, a Gus artifacts table, guided tours of the Gus Grissom Memorial, and the following activities will provide a weekend of discovery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On Saturday, the Hoosier Hills Ham Club will operate a special-event amateur radio station, W9GUS, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gus Grissom Memorial.<\/li><li>Ray E. Boomhower, author of \u201cGus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut\u201d, will speak at the Grissom Memorial at 1 p.m. and be available for book signing and conversation afterward.<\/li><li>The National Association of Rocketry group, Count Down Cardinals, will launch model rockets at the Sycamore Shelter at different times throughout the weekend.<\/li><li>The Grissom Boyhood Home in the town of Mitchell, located 6 minutes west of Spring Mill, will offer tours of the home where Gus grew up. Open 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and 1-4 p.m. on Sunday.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on this and other upcoming events, contact Spring Mill State Park at 812-849-3534 or email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sbelt@dnr.IN.gov\">sbelt@dnr.IN.gov<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer killed in Terre HauteTerre Haute Police Detective Greg Ferency, a 30-year department veteran was shot and killed yesterday afternoon around 2pm. The incident occurred in Terre Haute outside of a federal office building behind the Vigo County Courthouse, Detective Ferency had been assigned as a liaison, working in collaboration with the FBI. Although a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Officer killed in Terre HauteTerre Haute Police Detective Greg Ferency, a 30-year department veteran was shot and killed yesterday afternoon around 2pm. The incident occurred in Terre Haute outside of a federal office building behind the Vigo County Courthouse, Detective Ferency had been assigned as a liaison, working in collaboration with the FBI. Although a &hellip; Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 Read More &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bloomington News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloomingtonNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SCINN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SCINN\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SCINN\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/c5fadc0506664a2e9d28ad248692bb61\"},\"headline\":\"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\"},\"wordCount\":499,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\",\"name\":\"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/\",\"name\":\"Bloomington News\",\"description\":\"Find out What&#039;s Happenin&#039; in South Central Indiana\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bloomington News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cropped-SCINN-2-3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cropped-SCINN-2-3.jpg\",\"width\":588,\"height\":230,\"caption\":\"Bloomington News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloomingtonNews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/c5fadc0506664a2e9d28ad248692bb61\",\"name\":\"SCINN\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d5b168148cc782eff6006959d395ca7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d5b168148cc782eff6006959d395ca7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SCINN\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News","og_description":"Officer killed in Terre HauteTerre Haute Police Detective Greg Ferency, a 30-year department veteran was shot and killed yesterday afternoon around 2pm. The incident occurred in Terre Haute outside of a federal office building behind the Vigo County Courthouse, Detective Ferency had been assigned as a liaison, working in collaboration with the FBI. Although a &hellip; Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 Read More &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881","og_site_name":"Bloomington News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloomingtonNews","article_published_time":"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00","author":"SCINN","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SCINN","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881"},"author":{"name":"SCINN","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/c5fadc0506664a2e9d28ad248692bb61"},"headline":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021","datePublished":"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881"},"wordCount":499,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881","url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881","name":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021 - Bloomington News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-07-08T01:24:19+00:00","dateModified":"2021-07-08T01:24:20+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?p=881#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Local News Headlines: July 8, 2021"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/","name":"Bloomington News","description":"Find out What&#039;s Happenin&#039; in South Central Indiana","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#organization","name":"Bloomington News","url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cropped-SCINN-2-3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cropped-SCINN-2-3.jpg","width":588,"height":230,"caption":"Bloomington News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloomingtonNews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/c5fadc0506664a2e9d28ad248692bb61","name":"SCINN","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d5b168148cc782eff6006959d395ca7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2d5b168148cc782eff6006959d395ca7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SCINN"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online"],"url":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomingtonnews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}